Mossberg Maverick 88

[Gun Poor Pop]

Wow! A thread about pump action scatterguns? I thought they were out of style these days. I thought they were all replaced with AR-15s.

Being a shotgun lover myself, I gotta tell ya, the 88 Mav is probably the best bang for the buck when it comes to shotguns. I had a Mav back in the day. Ran almost as good as my 500. Just don't feed it any 3 inch magnum loads. I'm talking NONE! I probably fired less than a dozen through mine and it locked up the action tight as a drum. Stick with 2 3/4s and you'll be ok.

I have shot dozens of 3” magnums through my Maverick 88....... wonder if I am just lucky that my action hasn’t locked up or if you got one that had some sort of flaw from the factory? I think that I will investigate before shooting anymore. Is this a known widespread problem? I think that the 88 is supposed to handle 3” magnums. Right?

 

[Glock 'em down]

I might have just had a lemon. It didn't like 3 inch buckshot neither. So I just ran 2 3/4 inch loads through it. Other than that, it was a goodun.

 

[Gun Poor Pop]

I’ve shot 3” buckshot thru mine also. The gun didn’t seem to mind it as much as my aging right shoulder did! I have the older one with the recoil brick on the butt of it. I’ve noticed that the new ones have an updated version for the recoil pad.

 

[NikatKimber]

Ol’ @Glock 'em down was just limp wristing his. That’s all.

 

[druryj]

Ol’ @Glock 'em down was just limp wristing his. That’s all.

I was thinking that was probably the issue as well. Limpin' it.

 

[farmer17]

I've had four 870s over a 35 year period and loved them and bought a Maverick just to try something different. To me it was every bit as good as the Remingtons and had a few things I liked better. The open ejection port, slimmer forend, and action release, to name a few and I paid about 170 bucks at Walmart. It had a long length of pull so I had to cut about 1/2 inch off the stock and the safety was a little bit stiff were my only complaints.

 

[JT708]

I've had mine over 3yrs. zero problems.

 

[dlbleak]

This is a good deal. Better snap one up!
https://www.primaryarms.com/mossber...m=SLOT_13&utm_campaign=19_03_Ad#38_Flashshale

 

[druryj]

Mine has a stiff safety as well, but it's not a big deal. In fact, it was pretty stiff all around when new, but has smoothed out considerably now. It shoots well. I like that they have dual action bars and dual extractors. Remington Reduced Recoil 00 Buck produces about a softball-size spread at 10 yards. For a home defense shotgun, you can't beat it for the price. I think it's a fine shotgun for it's intended purposes.

 

[264killer]

this mine very handy